The sirens are arguing downtown The traffic still growls in the dark Somebody’s yelling through an apartment wall Somebody missed their mark The news keeps selling disaster The landlord still wants his due The rooftop pigeons find their places The factory bricks give back the heat And I watched the light Catch the tomato leaves Like they were made Of stained glass… Give me one more evening One more sky turning red One more meal with good people One more loaf of bread One more song from the porch One more laugh from a friend I don’t need forever Just one more evening again The basil is trying to flower The peppers are finally coming in The woman next door brought extra soup Because she made too much again Some kids are chasing fireflies By the old chain-link fence Nobody calls it sacred But I don’t know what else it is And I watched the light Catch the tomato leaves Like they were made Of stained glass… Give me one more evening One more sky turning blue One more cup of ginger tea One more thing growing through One more chair around the table One more reason to stay I don’t need a new world Just a little more of this day The world can keep its grand conclusions The headlines and the battle lines Right now there’s dirt beneath my fingernails And twilight on the vines The peppers sway The crickets answer The city settles in And somewhere past the warehouses The evening starts to sing Give me one more evening One more sunset burning low One more chorus of frogs Down where the cattails grow One more garden after work One more smile from a friend I don’t need forever Just one more evening again
